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Verzbicas responds about decision to leave Oregon - chicagotribune.com

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Two months after world triathlon title, Verzbicas finds his calling
Leaves Oregon, running to do "what I am best at"


Globetrotting by Philip Hersh
3:27 p.m. CST, November 11, 2011


In a moment of triumph, Lukas Verzbicas began to have doubts about his decision to abandon triathlon and become a runner at the University of Oregon.


Verzbicas started to think his gold medal at September's World Junior Triathlon Championships looked like a clear sign that his future lay in that sport.


At the same time, it also made him wonder about ever being able to achieve a similar stature in running.

Yes, Verzbicas had said as he was finishing his high school career that his passion was for running, not triathlon.

"I wasn't a world champion then," he explained Friday.  "Everything really changed because of that. "

Less than two months after arriving at Oregon for his freshman year, the 18-year-old Verzbicas decided to leave both the school and running and focus his athletic energies on making the Olympics in triathlon.   Friday morning, he talked for the first time about what led to the dramatic change of plans announced Thursday, several days after Verzbicas had moved to his family's new home in Colorado Springs.


"I was really set on running," he said during a lengthy telephone conversation.  "But it took a lot of time for me to realize what I was best at.


 "As a triathlete, I could really make an impact for the sport and only have good things happen.  As a runner, I don't know.  Maybe I could be...



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